Harman Kardon VPM500 Owners Manual - Page 14

SECTION

IV:

OPERAT

I

NG

THE

VPM5OO

Video

source,

color,

picture

and

sound

adjustment

functions

are

duplicated

on

the

compact

wireless

remote

control

and

on

the

projector

console

control

board.

In

addition,

the

remote

has

extra

buttons

for

sound

and

picture

enhancement.

We

will

first

briefly

describe

the

function

of

each

control

and

then

give

a

further

explanation

of

use

with

the

wireless

remote.

Video

Controls

Power/Off

is

actually

a

slightly

different

function

on

the

projector

control

panel

than

on

the

remote.

The

control

board

,

POWER

switch

is

the

master

on/off

switch

and

controls

power

coming

into

the

VPM500.

It

should

be

left

ON

and

turned

off

only

when

the

VPM500

is

not

being

watched

for

long

periods

of

time,

such

as

during

vacations.

The

remote

control

OFF

button

is

used

to

put

the

VPM500

on

"standby'."

The

picture

disappears,

but

cer-

tain

circuitry

inside

the

projector

remains

at

ready,

allowing

the

VPM500

to

"remember"

some

of

the

previous

settings

from

the

last

time

it

was

on.

It

is

perfectly

normal

to

use

this

"standby"

mode

instead

of

the

master

power

switch

and

in

no

way

harms

the

VPM500

or

consumes

excess

power.

To

turn

the

VPM500

on,

you

sim-

ply

press

your

choice

of

Video

A,

Video

B

or

RGB

input

buttons.

Video

A/Video

B/RGB

selects

which

input

source

the

VPM500

projects

and

cancels

the

"standby"

mode.

On

the

projector

control

board,

this

selection

is

done

by

pressing

a

single

button

one

or

more

times

to

select

the

input

sequentially;

on

the

remote,

there

are

separate

buttons

for

each

input,

and

at

the

beginning

of

a

viewing

session,

they

also

turn

the

VPM500

on.

Either

way,

the

selected

input

is

displayed

with

green,

yellow

and

red

LED

indicators

on

the

exposed

part

of

the

control

board.

Picture

adjustment

controls

(BRIGHTNESS,

TINT

and

COLOR)

are

used

just

like

on

a

conventional

TV

set.

BRIGHTNESS

controls

the

overall

intensity

of

the

VPM500's

picture.

Set

it

just

high

enough

to

make

the

darkest

areas

of

the

picture

just

about

but

not

quite

black

so

that

there

is

a

natural

gradation

between

the

lightest

and

darkest

greys.

Old

black

and

white

TV

series

re

-runs

make

good

test

material.

TINT

changes

the

actual

color

of

objects

from

reddish

to

greenish.

Flesh

tones

make

a

good

reference

point

for

properly

adjusting

this

balance.

Also

observe

red

objects,

which

will

blaze

out

if

there

is

too

much

overall

color

in

the

picture.

COLOR

adjusts

the

amount

(but

not

the

shade)

of

color

in

the

picture.

Again,

flesh

tones

make

a

good

adjustment

subject.

When

the

adjustment

is

complete,

press

the

"SET

PRESET"

button

on

the

rear

panel

of

the

VPM500,

behind

the

door

near

the

power

switch.

Picture

preset.

Needless

to

say,

each

of

these

controls

is

a

matter

of

personal

taste.

So

the

VPM500

has

provided

you

with

a

preset

memory

feature

that

lets

you

return

to

a

previous

setting

just

in

case

you

can't

recall

it

using

each

individual

control,

(or

when

someone

else

adjusted

the

picture

to

their

taste).

When

you

are

satisfied

with

tint,

color

and

brightness,

press

the

preset

button

to

memorize

the

setting.

No

mat-

ter

what

adjustments

are

made

in

the

meantime,

the

set

wil

l

return

to

your

pre-

setting

when

it

is

next

turned

on.

Color

convergence

adjustment

controls

and

test

button

are

for

manually

fine-tuning

the

VPM500's

picture.

They

make

use

of

the

same

controls

as

tint,

brightness

and

color

and

are

activated

by

pressing

the

button

marked

TEST.

Instructions

for

their

use

are

detailed

further

on.

Enhance,

found

only

on

the

remote

control

allows

you

to

sharpen

a

picture

which

is

somewhat

blurred

or

slightly

out

of

focus.

It

can

also

be

used

to

soften

a

picture

which

is

overly

hard

-edged

and

distracting.

Volume

adjusts

the

loudness

of

the

audio.

It

is

not

operable

if

you

have

chosen

to

bypass

the

VPM500

in

your

sound

chain

by

routing

sound

exclusively

through

your

stereo

system.

Balance.

After

you

press

the

TEST

button,

the

volume

control

becomes

an

audio

bal-

ance

control

to

adjust

the

amount

of

sound

coming

from

right

and

left

speakers.

Cross

lines

appear

in

the

projected

picture,

but

are

not

part

of

the

balance

adjustment

process.

After

you

have

adjusted

audio

balance

so

that

sound

is

coming

from

the

middle

of

the

picture,

press

test

again

and

the

cross

lines

will

disappear.

Mute

(along

with

STEREO

and

HY-SON)

is

found

only

on

the

remote.

It

is

handy

for

turning

off

the

sound

in

order

to

answer

a

phone

call,

converse

with

other

viewers

or

at

least

partially

ignore

long

commercial

breaks.

When

the

button

is

pressed

a

second

time,

the

sound

resumes

at

its

prior

volume.

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